My Kol Nidre sermon from 5776 on Racism, White Privilege, America’s Journey for Justice.
Tag: Dr. Martin Luther King
Speaking on the Journey to Justice
These were my comments at the NAACP Rally at the beginning of the Journey for Justice. This is a 40 day+ march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, D.C. The Central Conference of American Rabbis is partnering with the NAACP and other African American Civil Rights groups to call attention to the systemic racism in our…Read more »
How do you live the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation is 150 years old this month. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made a bold move in the midst of the nation’s civil war and freed the slaves in the “rebellious territories”. The decree brought humanity officially to those made to feel less than human as dictated by our…Read more »